Resource: Halloween Recipes

[runpunkrun]

It's spooky season! Which means I've collected a bunch of spooky recipes...mostly from Texanerin. All descriptions come straight from the recipes, as I've made none of these, just liked the looks of them.

Black Ice Cream: This black ice cream is an easy, egg-free recipe that's free of food coloring and super simple – you just blend everything in a blender! It tastes like an Oreo wafer, thanks to black cocoa, and can be made traditionally with heavy cream and sugar, but it can also be made vegan, keto and paleo.

Spiderweb Brownies: These spiderweb brownies are super fudgy when refrigerated, gooey at room temperature, and topped off with chocolate ganache and white chocolate spiderwebs. Includes several well-tested gluten-free options. They're also easy to make dairy-free, if desired.

Jack Skellington Cake: This Jack Skellington cake has an ultra-moist chocolate cake base with vanilla cream cheese and black cocoa cream cheese frosting. The stripes are surprisingly easy for someone with no decorating skills, as is the Jack Skellington face. Has a tested gluten free option.

Mummy Cookies: These mummy cookies get their black color and Oreo flavor from black cocoa and not food coloring! They're naturally eggless but have a fantastic texture. With two gluten-free options.

Edible Googly Eyes: Homemade vegan eyeballs for decorating cookies, cupcakes and more!

Halloween Popcorn Mix: This SPOOKY mix of popcorn and candy is perfect for your next Halloween gathering!

Comments

This spooky detail

[jesse_the_k]

highlights why Texanerin's blog is an enjoyable read:

If you’re wondering why in the world I’m telling you [one cocoa brand stays black through the GI system], it’s because I don’t want anyone to panic and think they have internal bleeding. Because that’s what you’ll find if you google the issue. No need for anyone to rush to the doctor/ER!

She dives into useful details on substitutions (including the ones that failed and why). Almost all the text is about the recipe, instead of the dreamy faffing about that makes me search most recipe blogs for the "print" control.

Re: This spooky detail

[runpunkrun]

Strong agree! That is not something you want to find out the hard way. She's such a thoughtful recipe writer, and the work she does on testing substitutions is invaluable.

[nerakrose]

I clicked on the jack skellington recipe out of curiosity and i SO appreciate the notes on differences between US/European products and how to work around them. I learned that cream cheese in the US is different from cream cheese here!

[runpunkrun]

Yes! I learned that from her, too. Erin is from Texas but lives in Germany, so she's well positioned to know how the foods we buy can differ. I remember her talking about the differences in potatoes once!